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Fused Silica Quality Assurance Lab Equipment and Capabilities
Particle
Size Analysis:
Sieve
Analysis
Coulter Laser Particle Size Analysis
MicroTrac Laser Particle Size
Analysis
Alpine Air-Jet Sieve Analysis
Iron
Content:
Buck Magnetics Analyzer
pH Meter
Fused
Silica Custom Lab Equipment and Capabilities:
BET
Surface Area analyzer
Ion Chromatograph
Investment Casting R&D Equipment
•MOR/MOE/Fracture Index
Fracture Toughness, Slow Crack Growth
Room Temperature or 200oF Wet Testing
•Slurry Makeup
3
HP and 1-1/2 HP High Shear Mixers
Three Propeller Mixers
•Slurry
Pots
2 Rotary Pots to 5 Gallons with Temperature Control and
Several Pots for Propellers
Jug Rollers For 6 Slurries
•Shell
Permeability ( three methods)
•Shell Drying Studies
Environmental Room with Programmable Temperature, Humidity and
Air
Velocity
Three computer Linked Balances For Automated Weight Loss and
Capillary
Adsorption Measurements
- 25 Ton Hydraulic Press for Shell Crushing Tests
•Programmable
Rheometer For Slurry and Wax Viscosity and Yield Point
Determinations
•Electric Burnout Furnace (2300oF max.) for Shells
•Small Standard and Vacuum Ovens
•Wax
Injection Tooling
•Leica
microscope with 6 mega-pixel camera
•Mitutoyo
surface profilometer with trace capability
•Centrifuge
that will spin 6- one pint binder phase samples
•Additional
wax viscosity testing capabilities
•Water
ring vacuum pump for future slurry mixing and metal casting
projects
•Assorted
data acquisition units
•Peristaltic slurry pump
•Mettler
balances (4)
•Equipment
for assembly of wax trees
•Anemometer,
diamond saws, bacteria testing
•Large
Blue-M oven
•1900oF
box furnace with hood for LOI etc.
•24”
Sweco double-deck screening unit

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